Transport?

28th May Ubud
Well so far this seems to be a nation of transport salesmen.
I got a tourist bus from one tourist town to another (Kuta to Ubud).
This part of Bali seems to be quite built up all the way, with whizzing trafic, cars, mopeds, noise. The heat can be quite tiring. I think I need a snooze and a two second period where no one tries to sell me transport.

The accomadation that I got in Ubud is amazingly ornate.
On the bus here I was wondering if all of those stone statue shops could really have a market for all of their life size statues. Perhaps some of the labour involved in the statue industry could be diverted towards pavement upkeep. Plenty of wholes you could get lost in.

I had been planning to go to Yogyakarta on Java but it seems to have been hit by an earthquake.
I'll have to see how that develops.

To the other side East Timor seems to be "erupting in violence"
I was unlikely to make it that far in any event as there are the islands of Lomboc, Sumbawa and Flores before you reach Timor.
There were some Australians who had just been evacuated in Darwin airport as we were flying out.
There are many things to see in Bali though and I should be based in Ubud for a few days.